Eric Michael Garcia
@ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Washington Bureau chief at The Independent, MSNOW Columnist. Author: We’re Not Broken. Tar Heel. He/Him Eric.garcia@the-independent.com
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ICE dragged me from my car after I told them I’m autistic.
Exclusive Details: Aliya Rahman speaks to Eric Garcia about her ordeals — on the streets of Minneapolis, in a grim ICE detention center where she was mocked over her condition and through the public t...
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I spoke with Aliya Rahman, the autistic woman whom ICE ripped out of her car, about her experience of being in a viral video, what she experienced in detention and why she thinks we might be in bigger trouble in the future.
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For all of MAGA's boasting of bringing back American manufacturing and "manly jobs," Trump 2.0 saw one industry grow more than others: caring for older Americans.
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Underpaid and under pressure: The eldercare workforce leading America's job growth
The fastest-growing U.S. jobs are in homes and nursing facilities, caring for an aging population. But worker shortages and policy threaten the pipeline.
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February 13, 2026 at 3:08 PM
For all of MAGA's boasting of bringing back American manufacturing and "manly jobs," Trump 2.0 saw one industry grow more than others: caring for older Americans.
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In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:20 PM
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
Per the CBO on tariffs : "the net effect of tariffs is to raise U.S. consumer prices by the full portion of the cost of the tariffs borne domestically (95 percent)." www.cbo.gov/system/files...
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February 13, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Per the CBO on tariffs : "the net effect of tariffs is to raise U.S. consumer prices by the full portion of the cost of the tariffs borne domestically (95 percent)." www.cbo.gov/system/files...
Hope Chris Coons has a nice Valentine's Day
February 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Hope Chris Coons has a nice Valentine's Day
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Firing a pilot for leaving Kristi Noem's blanket behind. Berating staff when she's not on TV enough. Inside the constant chaos at DHS.
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Firing a pilot for leaving Kristi Noem's blanket behind. Berating staff when she's not on TV enough. Inside the constant chaos at DHS.
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Merz offers up an unmistakable warning to the US in his MSC speech: Your power is not what it once was. China is gaining ground. The strategy set out in the NSS will accelerate this trend. If you go it alone, you will run up against your limits. Europe rejects MAGA free speech and tariffs.
February 13, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Merz offers up an unmistakable warning to the US in his MSC speech: Your power is not what it once was. China is gaining ground. The strategy set out in the NSS will accelerate this trend. If you go it alone, you will run up against your limits. Europe rejects MAGA free speech and tariffs.
Noem and Lewandowski had demanded that ICE capture its arrests on video for social media. But Noem and Lewandowski berated Todd Lyons, the acting ICE director, for videos in Minnesota showing federal officers tangling with protesters. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:06 PM
Noem and Lewandowski had demanded that ICE capture its arrests on video for social media. But Noem and Lewandowski berated Todd Lyons, the acting ICE director, for videos in Minnesota showing federal officers tangling with protesters. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lewandowski had initially wanted to formally serve as Noem’s chief of staff, but Trump rejected the idea due to reports of a romantic relationship between the two—which he has continued to bring up. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS
Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Lewandowski had initially wanted to formally serve as Noem’s chief of staff, but Trump rejected the idea due to reports of a romantic relationship between the two—which he has continued to bring up. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Per @politico.com Playbook: AOC will deliver her speech in Munich at 11 AM Eastern Time
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Playbook
The unofficial guide to official Washington, every morning and weekday afternoons.
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February 13, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Per @politico.com Playbook: AOC will deliver her speech in Munich at 11 AM Eastern Time
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One way Schumer works with Trump to get (some) of what he wants? Leaning into their shared experience as New Yorkers. The familiarity extends to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and the president's top foreign-policy negotiator Steve Witkoff.
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Inside the "complicated" relationship between Donald Trump and Chuck Schumer
Schumer and Trump have each other's numbers, both literally and figuratively.
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February 13, 2026 at 1:31 PM
One way Schumer works with Trump to get (some) of what he wants? Leaning into their shared experience as New Yorkers. The familiarity extends to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and the president's top foreign-policy negotiator Steve Witkoff.
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“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
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February 13, 2026 at 12:45 PM
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
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On Epstein, as always: "You follow drugs, you get drug addicts and drug dealers. But you start to follow the money, and you don't know where the fuck it's gonna "-Lester Freamon
February 13, 2026 at 3:56 AM
On Epstein, as always: "You follow drugs, you get drug addicts and drug dealers. But you start to follow the money, and you don't know where the fuck it's gonna "-Lester Freamon
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From The Washington Post:
The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
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The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
From The Washington Post:
The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
The concentration of wealth among the richest Americans is unlike anything in history — and so is billionaires’ influence in politics.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
The Logan Paul-Bad Bunny thing is a setup for Wrestlemania, right? Like, it has to be, considering Benito is a massive WWE fan.
February 13, 2026 at 3:53 AM
The Logan Paul-Bad Bunny thing is a setup for Wrestlemania, right? Like, it has to be, considering Benito is a massive WWE fan.
What's one of your favorite filler arcs in a show you love?
February 13, 2026 at 3:45 AM
What's one of your favorite filler arcs in a show you love?
"Neverita" is such a gorgeous Bad Bunny song.
February 13, 2026 at 3:28 AM
"Neverita" is such a gorgeous Bad Bunny song.
And a former White House Counsel to Barack Obama
NEWS: Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer Kathryn Ruemmler has RESIGNED after newly released emails exposed a years-long personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein — including advising him on handling sex crime accusations, media scrutiny, and accusers.
February 13, 2026 at 3:12 AM
And a former White House Counsel to Barack Obama
It finally happened: someone stumped me on a random House member I didn't know off the top of my head. @premthakker.bsky.social you win the money.
February 13, 2026 at 2:08 AM
It finally happened: someone stumped me on a random House member I didn't know off the top of my head. @premthakker.bsky.social you win the money.
No one could accuse me of being a Mike Johnson apologist (someone on his team said I asked a "dumbass" question). So believe me when I say him warning Pam Bondi about looking up members' Epstein search histories is not insignificant.
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Johnson warns Pam Bondi against spying on Congress members’ Epstein search histories
Democrats say a revealing photo from the attorney general’s heated testimony this week could have a ‘chilling factor’ on getting to the truth about who enabled the dead sex trafficker
www.independent.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 1:55 AM
No one could accuse me of being a Mike Johnson apologist (someone on his team said I asked a "dumbass" question). So believe me when I say him warning Pam Bondi about looking up members' Epstein search histories is not insignificant.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
How do I convince RFK Jr. that cocaine on toilet seats causes autism?
February 13, 2026 at 12:38 AM
How do I convince RFK Jr. that cocaine on toilet seats causes autism?
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Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
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Pam Bondi Thought That Went Pretty Well
February 12, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Pam Bondi Thought That Went Pretty Well
Latino outreach
Our country is so divided that we don’t even share the Super Bowl anymore.
But in the words of Bad Bunny: “the only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
But in the words of Bad Bunny: “the only thing more powerful than hate is love.”
February 12, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Latino outreach
Mad as hell politics of the 2010s never really died. Trump just swallowed them whole. But AI, Epstein and the self-enrichment from the president is reigniting them.
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Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
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February 12, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Mad as hell politics of the 2010s never really died. Trump just swallowed them whole. But AI, Epstein and the self-enrichment from the president is reigniting them.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/o...
I've said before that Mike Johnson's "aw shucks" country lawyer Bible thumper persona belies the fact he knows when to silently knife people. Him saying that's "important line that's crossed" about Bondi is not nothing.
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Johnson warns Pam Bondi against spying on Congress members’ Epstein search histories
Democrats say a revealing photo from the attorney general’s heated testimony this week could have a ‘chilling factor’ on getting to the truth about who enabled the dead sex trafficker
www.independent.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 11:08 PM
I've said before that Mike Johnson's "aw shucks" country lawyer Bible thumper persona belies the fact he knows when to silently knife people. Him saying that's "important line that's crossed" about Bondi is not nothing.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...